DOUGLAS COX

Mr. Cox was born in Wayne County to the late John Lee Cox and Ruth Herring Cox. He was a retired lab supervisor for the State of North Carolina. Mr. Cox was a graduate of Mount Olive College and of East Carolina University. He had a great love for nature and the outdoors and was an avid dove hunter. Mr. Cox was a member of Community Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon.

Funeral services will be held today at 7 p.m. at Seymour Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bobby Heath officiating. Interment will be Monday at 11 a.m. at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery.